Emo

Emo is a kind of music that is short for "emotional hardcore". The genre first formed in the mid-1980s from hardcore punk.[1] In the mid 1990s, emo was known with indie rock music. Once it became mainstream in the 2000s, it became shaped by pop-punk music and skatepunk. Cities like Washington, D.C. were the first to develop the emo movement.

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Today, emo is more often associated with fashion than with music.[2] Emo (sometimes referred to as "scene") is a teen subculture, though many people use "emo" as an insult. Emo kids are stereotyped as wearing dark (especially black) clothes, mostly wearing tight shirts, skinny jeans and Converse shoes. Most Emo girls and some boys wear thick "raccoon" eyeliner. They are also stereotyped as having black dyed hair, or naturally colored with streaks or coon-tails, or unnatural-colored with fringe bangs swept to one side. The emo culture is also associated with being depressed, introverted, shy and cutting.

The emo culture is sometimes confused with the goth and the scene culture. Goth, scene and emo are similar in some ways, but have many major differences. Especially the emo and scene culture are very similar to each other, by being associated with the same clothes and hairstyles. Emo and scene are therefore more similar to each other than emo and goth are. Emo is different than scene music wise. Emo and goth are different belief wise.